Date:24 Sep - 25 Sep
Venue:Center for Free-Electron Laser Science / Universität Hamburg, Luruper Ch 149, Hamburg

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HALRIC Conference 2024

The Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC) invites you to participate in this second conference for the project, which will gather the 21 partners and key stakeholders in Hamburg, for topical discussions and networking, and here we feature the conference highlights along with the program below: A Premier Gathering for Life Science Collaboration.

For partipants from HALRIC partners there is available travel budget and we have pre-reserved rooms at the DESY Guesthouse and can also suggest some nearby hotels. Find out more HERE.

At the opening lunch posters will be on display and we welcome all types of posters that feature activities and facilities that are relevant to the HALRIC partnership and network. It can highlight your organization and/or specific Research Infrastructures and please inform md@mva.org, if you will bring a poster or have other questions about the conference.

The conference follows HALRIC’s kick-off meeting in Copenhagen in 2023.

Program

24. SEPTEMBER 2024
Side event (9.00 – 11.30): HALRIC meets Industry Workshop, organized by Life Science Nord – click here for more info/registration
12.30 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING LUNCH WITH POSTER SESSION
14.00 Welcome and opening of the Conference
Moderator: Petter Hartman, CEO, Medicon Village Innovation
Martin L. Olsson, Chair of HALRIC’s Joint-Steering-Committee, Lund University
Katharina Fegebank, 2nd Mayor of Hamburg, Senator for Science, Research & Equality
Hauke Heekeren, President, University of Hamburg
14.20 HALRIC vision and progress since the kick-off
Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University
and Arwen Pearson, HALRIC National Coordinator, Universität Hamburg
14.35 IHI perspective on EU Life Science cooperation 
Magali Poinot, Head of Governance, Innovative Health Initiative Europa
14.45 Kick-Off HALRIC Strategic Forum – Panel Session:
“Strategic perspectives of cross-border research and innovation in the Life Science Sector: value, barriers and challenges”
Kajsa M. Paulsson will moderate the talk with the distinguished panelists who represent different perspectives:
 

 
  • Christian Gerloff, Medical Director, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • David G. Brown, Senior Director Structural Biology & Biophysics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Katharina Fegebank, 2nd Mayor of Hamburg and Minister for Science, Research, Equality and Districts
  • Magali Poinot, Head of Governance, IHI Europa, Brussels
  • Thomas Feurer, Managing Director, European XFEL
  • Ulla Gro Nielsen, Senior Director, Novo Nordisk Foundation
  • Viktor Öwall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Lund University
15.35 COFFEE BREAK
16.00 Warm up to the tour of the European XFEL
Sakura Pascarelli, Scientific Director, European XFEL
TOUR OF THE EUROPEAN XFEL
Shuttlebus from CFEL to European XFEL at app. 16.15 (takes 20 min)
18.30

 

 CONFERENCE DINNER (European XFEL Restaurant)
Shuttlebus to Bahrenfeld Campus (Mercure/DESY Guesthouse) & Altona St. (app. 21.00)
25. SEPTEMBER 2024
Side event 8.30 – 9.15: DESY and EMBL invite conference participants for a tour of their on-site facility – sign up by email to p11beamline@desy.de
9.30 WELCOME TO THE SECOND CONFERENCE DAY
Moderator: Prof. Arwen Pearson, University of Hamburg
9.35

 

 Innovating and cooperating for a sustainable future
Laura Edinger-Schons, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Hamburg
10.00 HALRIC Pilot project: Advancing cellular infection models in the search for new antibiotics
Pernille Rose Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
10.10 HALRIC Pilot project: Feasibility of using microCT to optimize surgical precision in oral cancer
Tobias Todsen, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (University Hospital in Denmark)
10.20 HALRIC Pilot project with Hanseatic Science Cloud involvement
Anders Sjöström, Lund University
10.30 Mapping of Research Infrastructures in the HALRIC Region
Linda Eliasson, Lund University
10.40 Matching Life Science needs with resources
Selma Maric, MAX IV
10.50 COFFEE BREAK (HARBOR BUILDING)
11.30 FACILITATED ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS (HARBOR)
Topics include:

  • How to create awareness and encourage submission of HALRIC pilot project applications – lessons learned and strategy onwards.
  • What role do the “accessibility barriers and thresholds” play and how can we reduce these? Good examples of RIs and/or actions that successfully lower the thresholds.
  • How do RIs in the HALRIC region complement each other
  • Access to HSC prototypes – how do we include this in the pilot projects.
13.00 LUNCH (CFEL Building)
14.00 CONCLUDING PLENUM SESSION

Panel talk to summarize and conclude on round table discussions
14.45 HALRIC Outlook to 2026
Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University
FAREWELL/END OF CONFERENCE
15.00 – 15.45 Side event : DESY and EMBL invite conference participants for a tour of their on-site facility – sign up by email to p11beamline@desy.de